adv
Meaning 1
In a primitive manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
primitively
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adverb
Meaning 2
in a primitive style or manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- rather primitively operated foundries
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
with reference to the origin or beginning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: originally, in the beginning
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English primitive Middle English -ly English -ly English primitively From primitive + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: primitivament — in a primitive manner
- Galician: primitivamente — in a primitive manner
- Portuguese: primitivamente — in a primitive manner
- Serbo-Croatian: prȉmitīvno — in a primitive manner
- Serbo-Croatian: prȉprosto — in a primitive manner
- Spanish: primitivamente — in a primitive manner